HUMANS
The Muse. 2025
Oil.
Lately I am inspired by beauty, vitality and joy in older people. The veneer wears thin and the soul shines through. Here, Kay invited me to paint with her the day after her 80th birthday. I call this The Muse because she doubly inspires me. A veteran artist herself, she encourages my art more than any.
My Bob. 2025
Oil.
This was my first portrait in oils - a moment of discovery. I'm much indebted to Corinne Lilyard-Mitchell for her transformative class on portraiture in oils and acrylics at Virginia Beach Art Center. Thanks to all I learned, I think this captures my husband with a depth I was never able to tap with watercolors.
Carpenter and the watch dog. 2021
Watercolor.
Self-Portrait:
Uncurling the Cabbage Head. 1978
Clay.
DOMESTIC
Peaches. 2007
Watercolor.
A scruffy kind of joy. 2023
Watercolor and pencil.
Cade. 2025
Oil on canvas.
Framed by Cade's first lead rope (we lost Cade this year; special thanks to my Bob for the framework).
WILD
Otter Love Liz . 2025
Watercolor.
America's Most Endangered Bird. 2019
Watercolor.
I had the good fortune to hike through Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park in Florida. Here rangers do their best for the last of this shy species, the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow.
American Crow. 2019
Watercolor.
Hoot, hoot, hooray for Laura's birthday. 2017
Watercolor.
One of a series of birds I sent to a close friend during her trying illness.